Swearing that what had already come to pass in the shape of exile of Śrī Rāma, Sītā and aksmana and the resultant death of the King-Emperor was not to his liking, Bharata moves with Śatrughna to the apartments of his stepmother, Kausalyā, who speaks unkindly to him taunting him with the remark that his mother, Kaikeyī, had rendered good offices to him by securing for him the kingdom of Kosala, sought after by him. Bharata, however, politely denies on a number of oaths all complicity in the machinations of his vile mother. Thereby coming to know of his heart, the guileless Kausalyā places Bharata on her lap and weeps bitterly.